Mailing-wrapper.



H. L. GREVB.

MAILING WRAPPER.

APPLICATION FILED 11116.6, 1912.

Patented Aug. 26, 1913.

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specification of Letters Patent.

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Applicatioufiled nun-use c, rota serial'lto.

To allow/tom it may concern:

Be it known that l, HERMAN la. Garv n, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of New York, borough oi" Brooklyn, in the county of Kingsand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvementsin Mailing-Wrappers, of which the following is a. specification.

This invention relates to mailing wrappers, particularly to the typewhich is rolled into the form of a tube for wrappingarticles to be sentby mail' or express, such asdrawings, photographs, music, etc, which canbe conveniently rolled or folded.

The principal object of this invention is to provide an opener for thewrapper which is self-contained, accessible, and which is normally outof the way so as not to be accidentally caught or torn.

A. further object of this invention is to provide an opener which iseasily and cheaply manufactured.

In carrying out my invention, l provide adjacent to the gummed portionof the flap of the wrapper and extending underneath of said flap, astrip of material of greater strength than the material of the wrapper.A rounded, preferably circular, aperture is formed in the flap over theedge of this strip of material, exposing this edge while still leavingthe entire strip below the outer surface of the flap. The operator canreadily insert his finger within the aperture and till grasp the edge ofthe strip, tear the material of the flap above the gummed portion and 1thus opening the wrapper. With this construction, the outer surface ofthe fla presents no projecting portions which are iable to become caughtand accidentally tear the flap, so as to open the wrapper or beotherwise injured. lhe circular aperture is very easily made by placinga high stack of the blanks in a drill press and drilling a hole throughthe stack of blanks simultaneously.

Further objects and advantages will appear hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective viewillustrating my improved wrapper as rolled up in the term of a tube.Fig. 2 is a fragment-a1 view illus-- tratinga development of thewrapperand showing the st1'ip"oit strong material below the gummedportion, the edge of said strip extending across the aperture. Fig. 3 isa view illustrating the development of a modified form of strip and witha slightly ditilerent position ct aperture; Fig. i is a viewillustrating another modified form.

Referring to Figs. and 2, the wrapper i has a gunnned tlap 2 to' theinterior of? which adjacent to said git-mined portion is attached astrip 3 of stronger material than the materialor the wrapper, such ascanvas or like material. 'll'he strip is preferably termed withdiverging edges t and an edge 5 extending across an aperture 6 formed inthe flap. When the wrapper is rolled up and the gurnrnerl portionattached to the body portion of the wrapper, so as to constitute a tube,the strip 3 is retained underneath the flap with the edge 2 below theouter surface of the flap. This edge lies snugly against the body of thewrapper and when it is desired to open the same, the op-,

erator inserts his linger into the aperturet and grasping the strip bysaid edge 5, pulls the same and tears the material of the flap along thediverging edges 4:-

][n the torm'illustrated in Fig. 3, the strip 3* is formed substantiallyrectangular in section and the aperture 6 is placed to one side. Theedge 5 ot the strip is retained beneath the flap in substantially thesame manner as the edge 5 in the constructions in Figs. 1 and 2.

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lln theiorm illustrated in Fig. 4c, the strip 3 extends across theentire width of the flap and is cut so as to conform to the convergingedges of the flap. The aperture 6 is formed symmetrically on. the flapas in the constructions of Figs. 1 and 2. The strip is formed narrow inthis construction and may be grasped from either edge.

it will he noted that in all of the construc-. tions above described,the entire strip is lo cated below the material of the flap and presentsno projecting portions which may become caught to tear the flapaccidentally or be otherwise injured. of these forms are easy to makeand assemble, inasmuch as the apertures can be formed by drilling a holein a large stack of wrappers and the strips may be easily pasted on t einner face of the flaps without necessitating exact positioning withreference to the apertures.

lHaving thus described my invention, l c a1m- 1. A wrapper comprising aflap having a gummed portion, a curved aperture of Suficientjarea toallow the passage of a finger formed adjacent to said gummed portion,and a strip of material extending across said ill flap attached to theinterior of the same adjacent to said gummed portion, one edge of saidstrip extending across said aperture, and the entire strip being locatedbelow the outer surface of the flap when the wrapper is rolled andsealed and seating against the body of the wrapper.

2. A wrapper comprising a flap having a gummed end portion adapted to beattached directly to the body of the wrapper, said end port-ion havingconverging edges, a strip of stronger material than the material of.

the flap attached to the interior of said flap adjacent to said gummedportion, there being a circular aperture in said flap across which oneedge of said strip extends, said strip having diverging edges in thedirection of the converging edges of said gummed portion;

3. A wrapper comprising a flap having converging edges, said flap havinga gummed portion at the apex of said edges, a strip of stronger materialthan the material of the flap attached to the interior thereof adjacentto said gummed portion, there being an aperture of considerable area insaid flap across which one edge of said strip extends, the entire stripbeing located below the exterior surface ofthe flap bearing against thebody of the wrapper.

Signed at New York city,in the county of New York and State of New Yorkthis 1st day of August, A. D. 1912.

FRANK M. AsHLEY,

MANUEL M. Vorr.

